Founded | 1926 |
---|---|
Folded | 1926 |
Based in | Traveling team |
League | Independent |
Team history | Haven-Villa of Winter Haven w/local players (Game 1) Haven-Villa of Winter Haven w/Cardinals players (Game 2) Haven-Villa of Winter Haven w/Big Blue players (Games 3-4) Eastern States All-Stars w/Big Blue players (Game 5) |
Team colors | Blue, White |
Head coaches | Bob Daley |
Home field(s) | Winter Haven High School |
The Haven-Villa of Winter Haven was a professional football team based in Winter Haven, Florida in 1926. While the team originated as a successful local team. However, the team was taken over by members of the Tampa Cardinals, featuring Jim Thorpe, and later the Millville Big Blue, a pro club from Millville, New Jersey, when the teams played a series of exhibition games in the winter of 1926.